FRENCH REVIEW 
SENTENCES 



Hubert Henry Whitcoms 



FRENCH REVIEW 
•SENTENCES 



BY 

■ RuBERT Henry Whitcomb 



CONCORD, N. H. 

The Rumford Press 
1905 






LiBHABYof OONeKESS 
fwc Copiei rtixsivtsu 

FEB 6 1905 

cuss JQ XXc No; 



COPYRIGHT, 1905 
BY RUBERT HENRY WHITCOMB 



LESSON I. 
The Partitive Construction. 



1. "Some" or "any" before a noun, whether ex- 
pressed or not in English, is translated by de -\- 
the definite article, i. e., du^ de l\ de la or c?e5. 
Except (1) after an absolute negative, 

(2) when an adjective precedes the noun. 

2. But the definite article must be employed if 
there is definiteness expressed even in the excep- 
tions (1) and (2). 

3. The construction remains unchanged if the 
noun is omitted. 

4. " Some " or " any " when no noun is expressed 
is translated by en^ which comes directly before the 
inflected verb, the infinitive, or the participle, by 
which it is governed. 

Examples. 



5. Expressions like "something good," "some- 
thing so great," etc., are translated thus, — Quelque 
chose de hon^ quelque chose de si grayid^ etc. 

6. The so-called partitive construction must not 
be confounded with other constructions where de is 
employed : for example, 

(a) de -f noun after a noun as adjectival mod- 
ifier : une robe de soie. 

(b) Adverbial expressions of quantity : heaucoup 
de^ assez de^ tant de^ etc. 

(c) de following numerical expressions : II y a 
cinq de tues. 

(d) Nouns of quantity, weight, amount, etc., 
followed by de / une livre de, une tasse de, etc. 

7. But in all these constructions the definite arti- 
cle must be used for definiteness. 

Examples. 



EXEECISE I. 

A. 
1. Have you any money? Yes, I have some. 



2. Will you give me some ink and some paper ? 
I have none. 

3. Has lie any friends here ? Yes, he has. 

4. Have you seen any good plays^ lately? 

5. She bought some beautiful jewels^ for my sis- 
ter. 

6. There are some good things in my trunk. 

7. My brother has no children, but my sister has 
two, a boy and a girl. 

8. Will you not give me some of the beantiful 
flowers in your garden ? 

9. There is no fire in her room. 

10. There have been good kings and bad in Eng- 
land. 

11. Give me some white roses and some yellow 
ones! 

12. Has he no friends here ? 

13. Show me something good ! 

14. There is nothing new in my room. 

15. Is there anything so good as water when one 
is thirsty ? 

B. . 

1. He used to enjoy good music when he was 
living in Germany. 

2. Where are some of the potatoes you bought 
last year? I do not see any here. 

1 piece (f.). 

2 itijou (m.). 



3. That play was something fine, thoiigh the 
music was not good. 

4. That old lady has no daughters, but her son 
has some. 

5. Last night I heard some of the best stories he 
tells.i 

6. While we were in Madrid, we bought there 
some of the finest fi'uit I ever ate. 

7. Do you not like bread dipped in wine ? 

8. There are many people who think he did not 
do it. What do you think about it ? 

9. There is some good paper in that drav\'er of 
my desk. 

10. They gave us good wine and bad at that 
cafe."^ 

11. Some French ladies came to visit you yester- 
day. 

12. He has white roses and red ; which do you 
prefer ? 

13 Common sense ^ helps a man to avoid grave 
faults.4 

14. Xot having any money, I could not go. 

15. Has he any of the money I lent him two 
days ago? 

16. I have no time to waste ^ over it. What do 
you think about it ? 

^ not dire. ^ cafe (m.). 

3 le bon sens or le sens commun. ^faute (f.). 

^ perdre. 



17. That is not a gold watch but a silver one. 

18. I^ot all animals have wings; some have no 
legs, but the most part have eyes and ears. 

19. In the last war there were an hundred killed 
and five thousand wounded. 

20. He has no white wine, but he can give you 
red wine enough. 

LESSON II. 
Pronoun Order. 



8. Sentence Order. 

(me le lid y en\ 
te la leur \ Yerb {pas) 

se les I Past 

710US ' I Participle. 

vous / 

9. This order holds for negative imperatives. 

10. In positive imperatives the pronouns foUow 
the verb, and are connected to the verb and to each 
other by hyphens. 



11. In positive imperatives ?e, la, les, precede all 
other, and y and e9i always follow all other pro- 
nouns. Otherwise the rule above holds true. Final 
7)ie and te become 9noi and toi. 

Examples. 



12. Two or more objects, whether direct or in- 
direct, connected by and, cannot stand before the 
verb, but follow the verb and are disjunctive in 
form. 



Examples. 



13, If one, te, se, nous, vous, are direct objects, 
the indirect object must follow the verb after the 
preposition ci. 

Examples. 



Exercise II. 
A. 

1. Did tie not give it to her ? No, lie gave it to 
them. 

2. This is my sister. May I present you to her ? 

3. He and I went there alone. 

4. He did it, but his father thinks that I did it. 
6. Who is there ? It is not they ; it is we. 

6. This is my hat, because my father gave it to 
me. 

7. Show it to them now ! 

8. Do not give them any, but give us some. 

9. We took him there to see the city. 

10. He saw me there, but I did not see him. 

11. I gave it to you and your mother. 

12. They sent us there to find it. 

13. Do not send us there, for I do not wish to 
see them. 

14. Who is that man ? Do not present him to 
m^e, for I do not want to see him at my house. 

15. They gave them to us without a word. 



1. Here are some beautiful yellow roses; give 
me some ! 

2.^ He remembers it, but I do not remember it. 
3. I have a new watch. I have shown it to her. 



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4. They offered me some yesterday, but I did 
not take any. 

5. He had the kmdness to kee23 some for us. 

6. I was at church last Sunday ; did you see me 
there ? 

7. They said that we could not get any milk at 
that house, but we found some there. 

8. Here is the box of which you were speaking ; 
give it to them ! 

9. Give her some of it, but do not give them 
any! 

10. We have lost our way and wish to find Mr. 
B's house ; please take us there. 

11. Give them some before they go away! 

12. I was talking to them and to her when it 
commenced to rain. 

13. Will you speak to them about it? 

14. I have sent your brother there to tell him 
about it. 

15. Are you not glad to see him? 

16. There they are; do not look at them! 

17. Have you given him my pens and pencils? 
Here are some in my box ! 

18. Let us go! ]^o, let us not go today! 

19. Does he remember it still? 

20. Do not send me any, for I shall give it to 
him ! I do not care about it. 



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LESSON III. 



Uses of Y and EN. Conjunctive cmd Disjunctive 
Pronoims. 



14. Conjunctive pronouns are only used as sub- 
jects or preceding objects of verbs. All uses of 
pronouns where they are not directly connected 
with the verb require the disjunctive forms. 

15. Therefore, the disjunctive pronouns are used 

(a) As predicate pronouns; c^est nous., ce sont 
eux., etc. 

(b) After all prepositions : chez eux., a elle, pour 
lui, etc. 

(c) As emphatic subject or object : je Vai vue^ 
elle. JVous, nous Vavons fait. II lid clonne., ci 
elle. 

(d) To differentiate feminine from masculine in 
the pronouns l\ les., lui., leur. Je les leur ai donnees., 
d elles. 

(e.) Absolutely in monosyllabic answers : Qid est 
l(Xf Moi., ewa?, etc. 



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(f) After que in comparisons: II est aussi 
grand que toi. 

Examples. 



16, ]r and En are generally inserted in the 
French sentence if possible, even if they are 
superflpus in Eoglish. 

Eh&amples. 



EXEECISE III. 
A. 

1. Who did it ? I did it, not he. 

2. I was speaking of it to my father. 

3. Who is at your house today? My cousin is 
there now. 



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4. Were you thinking of my books? Yes, I 
was thinking of them. 

5. There are many of them here. 

6. Here are some fine red apples! Have you 
enough already ? 

7. Do you go to church often? I went last Sun- 
day for the first time. 

8. Who went to see him ? They did. 

9. It is they who did it. 

10. It was not we who were there. 

JB. 

1. Are you speaking of friends? Yes, I am 
speaking of them. 

2. Do not send me those handkerchiefs! I do 
not need them now. 

3. My brothers say they are angry at me. 

4. There are some^ who say he did it. 

5. I like the school, and I like the boys. 

6. Are these your friends ? I have seen some of 
them before. 

7. 1 am still thinking about it, but he has forgot- 
ten it already. 

8. It is a question of our safety. 

9. What was the matter there today ? 

10. Was it not they who went to see my cousin 
at your house last week ? 

1 Translate: There are those who. 



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11. They are the ones who told it to my father 
last week. 

12. Have you not presented me to her already ? 
I know her. 

13. I gave them to her and not to her brother. 

14. Have you seen her ? I have not seen her 
today, but I have seen hun. 

15. My father, my cousin and I went there years 
ago. 

16. Did you not know that he was as tall as 
she? 

17. Here are some of the beautiful flowers which 
he sent her ! 

18. She presented them to me, but I do not 
like them. 

19. Are those beautiful white horses, which he 
has shown you today, the ones which my father 
brought fi'om the city two weeks ago ? 

20. She has washed her hands, but she has not 
bmshed her teeth yet. 



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LESSO]^ ly. 

Pronouns. — JRelative^ Demonstrative and Inter- 
rogative. 



Examples. 



EXEKCISE ly. 

A. 

1. He of whom I was speaking is your Mend. 

2. It is easy to see that he is sick. 



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8. It is a pity to hear such things about him.^ 

4. The man whose name I have forgotten is 
here. 

5. Come and see the house in which my sister 
Uves ! 

6. What are the reasons for his strange actions ? 

7. Which of these boys is the younger^? 

8. The one T^'ho is older than I am, is your old 
teacher's friend. 

9. He whose faults are many needs pardon. 

10. To him who sent us those fine books, I have 
sent our thanks. 

11. Accept,^ I beg you, the kindest* regards^ of 
your best of friends. 

12. Who is there ? It is our friends. 

13. Is it not they who have seen him? 

14. It is not you who did that, is it ? 

15. Those who work hard will always have 
money. 

16. He whose faults are not known is happy. 

17. Those whose friends are true, are true 
friends. 

18. That of which I speak makes me happy. 

19. I am glad to learn that the man, whose son's 

'^d son egard, *amical. 

^le cadet. ^salutation (f.). 

^agreer. 



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watch I found in the street yesterday, is a fi-iend of 
yours. 

20. Was it she whom you wished to see ? 

B. 

1. The one who does such a thing is no friend 
of mine. 

2. Those who saw him did not know him. 

3. Those fine dresses are the ones her husband 
bought for her when she was in France. 

4. She who said that lies, and I do not believe 
it. 

5. That woman there is the one who gave u» 
some fine pictures a year ago. 

6. What is your idea of his actions ? 

7. The gentleman, whose sons' wives are in town 
now, is a rich banker. 

8. Which of those three boys is the one who did 
not write his exercise yesterday ? 

9. That lady, whose daughters are so beautiful, 
has a great deal of money, they say. 

10. Are those who are good always happy ? 

11. What funny ^ ideas she always has! How 
funny she is ! 

12. What a charming sight, these children skat- 
ing on the lake, is n't it ! 

13. .The man who did that ought to be arrested^. 

1 drole. 2 Use on construction. 



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14. Those who tell lies cannot believe that 
what their friends say is true. 

15. I*^ot this lady, but that one there, is the one 
I am speaking of. 

16. The woman, whose son is now in France, of 
whom I have told you much, is my sister's most 
intimate friend. 

17. Is n't that lady there the one we saw at the 
theater last night? 

18. Which of those four young men is John's 
brother ? The one who is smoking a pipe. 

19. The house in which we live is not far from 
-here, 

20. Who did that? What has he done? 

LESSON Y. 
"Conditional Sentences. — T/ie Faire Constriictio)i. 



17. Conditional sentences never take the sub- 
junctive, except in elevated literary style. 

18. Si, meaning " if," is followed by present, im- 
perfect, perfect or pluperfect. 



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19. jSi\ meaning " whether," is followed by fut- 
ure or conditional, either simple or compound. 

20. The conclusion may be any tense. 
Mcamples. 



21. Contrary to fact conditions require the fol- 
lowing sequence : 

Condition. Conclusion. 

(a) >S'^' + imperfect Simple conditional (Pres.) 

(b) >S^ + pluperfect Compound conditional (Past.) 

Exam2yles. 



22. If the infinitive after faire has a direct ob- 
ject, the other object must be put in the indirect 
form, whether it is noun or pronoun. If there is 
but one object, it is direct. Both objects stand 
before faire., if pronouns. 



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Examples. 



23. The faire construction may be used with 
yo'ir, laisser and entendre. 

Examples. 



Exercise Y. 

A. 

1. I have often seen him do it. 

2. Can you not make him sing a song? 

3. He saw his father beat her. 

4. Would you have made him study his lessons 
if you had known he was sick? 

5. Could you not make him do it, if you wanted to? 

6. I could have gone there if you had gone with 
me. 



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7. You ought to have been here, for we had a 
good time. 

8. I should Hke to have been here last Sunday. 

9. I should make her sing, if she were well. 

10. If we had had money, we would have paid 
you yesterday. 

11. Do you know if he would go? 

12. He would go if we wished. 

13. I saw him give the letter to his sister. 

14. Those are the children I saw punished. 

15. Did you see my mother do it? 

B. 

1. Our teacher made my brother write some 
exercises tonight, for he has been very idle today. 

2. I should have come earlier, had I known that 
you were here. 

3. Could you have sent me some fine pictures 
from Paris, if I had wanted them ? 

4. I ought to have made him tell the truth, but I 
did not know he was lying. 

5. Could you not have seen them, if you had 
wished to ? 

6. I would tell you the truth about it, if I thought 
you would like to hear it. 

7. Would you like to hear him sing? 

8. The songs she sang were very fine ; I heard 
them in Paris. 



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9. We heard her sing last night for the first time. 

10. Might we not have made him do it, if we had 
tried? 

11. Would you have let them do it, if you had 
been there ? 

12. They could not have been there, for they 
were in France all last summer. 

13. These songs are the ones we heard at Paris 
a year ago. 

14. Who is that lady I heard singing as I ap- 
proached the house ? 

15. That man is the one we saw beating his 
horse yesterday, when we were returning from my 
aunt's. 

16. Ought we not to have sent her some roses, 
as she was not there when 1 was visiting your 
mother, and consequently^ I did not see her all 
summer ? 

17. I could not have seen her, for I was not 
there when she was \isiting your mother. 

18. Might you not have made him remain, if you 
had wished ? 

19. I should have Uked to Know that. I should 
like to have known that. 

20. It would have been necessary to send you 
there to get those letters, if he had not brought 
them to us before he left. 

^ par consequent. 



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LESSON YL 
Tlie Subjunctive. 



24. Uses of the subjunctive : Subjunctives of 
aUei\ savoir^ avoii\ etre^ valob\ vouloii\ pouvoi)\ 
faire. Formation of tenses in the subjunctive. 



Examples. 



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Exercise YI. 
A. 

1. Are you not glad he is not here? 

2. I am very sorry that I must make him go. 
8. Do you believe she is going tomorrow? 

4. It is necessary for him to go and see the doc- 
tor immediately.. 

5. Although she is not well, I do not fear she 
will be sick. 

6. I doubt if he returns. 

7. In case he does not come, I will go myself. 

8. Do not wait until they come, for 1 am afraid 
it will rain. 

9. It is unfortunate ^ that we cannot go to church 
today. 

10. Tell her that she must give it to me at once. 

11. I am astonished she made him go there. 

12. Are you not sorry she came? 

13. It is better that he do it now. 

14. Must you know at once why he did not 
come ? 

15. It is a pity they cannot come, for they would 
have a good time. 

16. Do you think she is sick today? 

17. Show me a boy who can write this sentence 
correctly ! 

'^JJ&e dommage, or pitie. 



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18. This is the boy who wrote his exercise with- 
out a mistake.^ 

19. Work hard, so you may have a vacation ! ^ 

20. He worked hard, so he had his vacation be- 
fore she left. 

21. He wants to go home tomorrow, but I desire 
that he remain with us another week. 

22. I prefer that he should come and see me 
£rst. 

23. Take care he does not see you here ! 

24. He ordered me to send it to you here, but I 
•did not want him to do it. 

25. My father has forbidden my brothers to 
leave the house. 

26. He will not allow us to see your brother. 

27. I beg you to let him come and see us. 

28. She was the one who prevented his coming 
with us. 

29. It would be better for you to go there at 
once, for fear he should see you here. 

80. He will have to do it today. 

B. 

1. I was afraid he would come before we left. 

2. We should have feared that they would coniG; 
if we had not already known that they had left,, 
town j^esterday. 

^faute (f.). ^ conge (m.). "'quitter or laisser f 



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3. It is a pity that she is so poor, though she is 
hapi^y all the same.^ 

4. It is astonishing you know so little French ? 
You have been studying it for five years. 

5. Do you not fear she will go away, while you 
are here ? 

6. If I had feared that they would not do it, I 
shonld have been there myself, in order to see if 
they did it. 

7. It will be very doubtful if he returns. 

8. He denied my being there, though I spoke to 
him, as I was leaving the room. 

9. I believe she was there, although I did not see 
her. 

10. I do not think she knows it yet. 

11. If he had known I was there, he would not 
have said it. 

12. Does he imagine I hke that? 

13. Don't you think she is beautiful? 

14. It does not seem to me that he is poor. 

15. A farmer showed me the road which leads 
to your father's house. 

16. He is the best scholar we have in the class. 

17. She is the only woman he loves. 

18. I am sure he is telling you the truth. 

19. If I had had one friend who was faithful, I 
should have been glad. 

^ tout de meme. 



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20. Whatever yon do, remember me. 

21. Wait until I come, before you tell it to him! 

22. He writes a good deal of French, in order to 
speak it fluently. 

23. For fear she should come and ask me what I 
was doing, I went away. 

24. In case he knows all about it, let me know ! 

25. Although he is very rich, avoid his coming 
to see you! 

26. He doubts that I am well again. 

27. Let him come if he wishes to see me ! 

28. I was sorry he wanted me to leave without 
seeing you. 

29. I came here without his knowing it. 

30. I am ashamed that you did that. 

LESSOiSr VII. 

ETB.E and AYOIR as Auxiliaries ; Agreement 
of Fast Particixjle. 



25.^ The past participle ahcays agrees with the 
dreceding direct object. If there is no object, it 



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may agree ^-itli the subject like any adjective 
after the verb Hre. 

Examples. 



Exercise YII. 
A. 

1. Where are the dresses which he bought for 
liis wife when he went to Paris ? 

2. Where is my new pitcher ^ ? It is broken. 

3. Where is the pitcher which she has broken ? 

4. It is not I who haA^e seen them, it is she. 

5. Are those horses the ones which my father 
Thought some years ago? They are the same ones. 

6. Where are his letters? We gave them to 
him last night. 

7. Could you not have made him give us the 
letters which he had already written ? 

8. Ought they not to send us the things which 
we have bought? 

9. Those gkls are not the ones we saw at the 
theatre last night. 

1 cruche (f.). 



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10. "Who was singing those German songs which 
we heard ? It was she who has sung them. 

B. 

1. Where are your friends? They came to-day. 

2. Is it your sisters whom you are waiting for 
now? 

3. Here are some fine laces^ which she bought 
for herself in France. 

4. Those magnificent horses are the ones my 
father brought from the country. 

5. That pitcher which my mother saw in your 
room yesterday is broken. Did you break it ? 

6. They are mistaken, for she has deceived 
them. . 

7. Here are the letters which my sister and her 
friend have written to each other. 

8. Has she not broken her arm? 

9. It is not her arm, they say, but her leg that is 
broken. 

10. He told me he had sent me some fine pic- 
tures. Has he seen any of thein himself ? 

11. You ought to have seen the flowers he sent 
her. 

12. You may have some of the lace I bought 
this morning. 

1 dentelle (f.). 



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13. You ought not to send your friends statues 
which are broken. 

14. She fell and hurt her hand yesterday. 

15. Where are the letters we wrote to each 
other last summer ? These are those which I wrote 
to him. 

LESSOR YIII. 

NumeraU^ Time of Day^ Dates^ -^9^-, ^^c. QUE 
Replacing Conjun ctions. 



Examples. 



Exercise YIII. 
A. 

1. It is now ten o'clock, and I am going to bed, 
for I am sleepy. 

2. He was twenty one years old last Thursday. 



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3. He was born on the thirtieth of May, 1786, 
and died on the thhd of August, 1835, 

4. I arrived at my uncle's hpuse at four o'clock 
last night. 

5. She was about eighty when she died. 

6. What day of the month is it to-day ? 

7. Three fourths of the crowd were ItaHans. 

8. One half of the potatoes you bought were 
bad. 

9. He came to this school the tenth of May. 

10. The lesson is on the fourth page of the 
second part of the French grammar. 

11. Today is the 21st of November, 1904. 

12. He will come a week from today. 

13. This happened two weeks ago. 

14. I have a room ten feet long by eight feet 
wide. 

15. She is taller than I am by two inches. 

16. I will meet you at three o'clock sharp. 

17. He is older than I by several months. 

18. It is now quarter of three. 

19. My aunt is eighty four years old tomorrow. 

20. This book has two hundred and ninety-six 
pages. 

B. 

1. How many horses has your father now? He 
has ofily two. 

2. That large, white house cost 12,960 francs. 



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8. There are more than eighty million people in 
America. 

4. The first volume you will find the better. 

5. Ten times twelve makes a hundred and 
twenty. 

6. They came on Tuesday, and they left on 
Thm'sday. 

7. Tomorrow will be Friday the thirteenth. 

8. The lesson for tomorrow is on the fourteenth 
and fifteenth pages of the repvder.^ 

9. The first two acts^ of the play were not good. 

10. Have you many chairs in your room? I 
have more than six. 

11. I did it more than twenty times before en- 
tirely succeeding. 

12. He earns two dollars a day now. 

13. This wine is fifty dollars a barrel. 

14. The train leaves at five fifty-five. 

15. It is just twelve o'clock now. 

16. Chickens cost ten francs a dozen. 

17. How old are you? I am thirty. 

18. Do you buy more than two pairs of gloves 
at once ? ^ 

19. He has paid a thousand francs for his new 
horse. 

20. His expenses will be about a hundred dol- 
lars. 

^ livre cle lecture. ^ acte (m.). ^alafois. 



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LESSON IX. 



Expletive QTJE^ NE and LE. Present Parti- 
ciple with EN'. Idiomatic Present Indicative. _ 
VEJSriR BE. 



Examples. 



Exercise IX. 
A. 

1. He has not been here for a long time. 

2. It is two weeks since I saw him. 

3. He is taller than I am. 

4. It is not an easy thing to do what he wishes^ 

5. Do it, if you wish ! Do not make him do it ! 

6. We would like very much to go, but we can-, 
not. . 

7. I have been here two weeks already. 



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8. While walking down tlie street, I saw him 
passing our house. 

9. I saw her pass the house about nine o'clock. 

10. I did it without thinking. 

11. After having said that, I went away. 

12. Before coming here, I went down town to 
buy some gloves. 

13. While going upstairs, she fell and broke her 
arm. 

14. When we had heard all she said, we were 
ready to go there at once. 

15. I fear she vfill tell him all without thinking. 

B. 

1. They say she has been here in this city for 
two years. 

2. He must have been in France two years, for I 
-saw him there more than a year ago. 

* 3. I am afraid you will not come. 

4.1 will come if I can, but 1 am afraid I can't. 

5. Take care lest he see you in my house ! 

6. He always smokes while reading. 

7. After having read so many fine books, I do 
not like novels. 

8. He entered the room without speaking. 

9. He did as he pleased without asking any ad- 
wice about it. 



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10. Before going, I want to tell you what I know 
jibout this affair. 

11. I would be glad to do this, if I could. 

12. I have taken care he does not see you enter- 
ing the house. 

13. I have just seen him go to your house. 

14. We had just left the house, when he came to 
see us. 

15. Did you say it was an easy thing to write 
letters without having any news ? 

LESSON" X. 

Translations of the English Passive. OJV loitli 
Third Singular. DE and A before Infini- 
tives : Verbs Governing DE and A. 



Examples. 



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Exercise X. 
A. 

1. This is not an easy lesson to write. 

2. It is alwajs hard to study well, when so much 
noise is being made. 

3. Are you not glad to see him here ? 

4. I like to skate when it is cold. 

5. He succeeded in making me hear what he 
said at last. 

6. It is not an easy thing to write these exercises 
without any mistakes. 

7. Could you not have tried to do it too ? 

8. Stop singing and listen to me a minute ! 

9. These apples are not good to eat. 

10. He hopes to become rich sometime. 

11. Do you find Greek easier to learn than French? 

12. He ought to have been glad to do this for 
me, ought he not ? 

13. If he says he is glad to see me, I shall not 
beheve him. 

14. They began to sing as we entered. 

15. I have given them some lessons to be learned^ 

16. Did you know our house was sold yesterday? 

17. He had the misfortune to lose an eye. 

18. The pleasure of seeing him was not so gi'eat 
as I had hoped, for he was greatly changed^ by^ his 
sickness*. 

lUse active infinitive. ^changer. ^par. *maladie (f.). 



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19. He obeys me without saying a word. 

20. He taught me to write French fluently. 

B. 

1. Do they think he is happy to see her here ? 

2. He may succeed in doing it, but I doubt it 
Tery much. 

3. Try to do it, and you may have the pleasure 
of succeeding! 

4. It is easy enough to tell me to do it, but it is 
difficult to do all the same. 

5. They say that this horse has just been sold. 

6. Have you not some houses to let^ ? 

7. He told me that he had seen that done in 
France. 

8. Would you have believed that that could be 
done so easily ? 

9. It may be that he is lying, but I think he is 
telling the truth. 

10. Do you know if those apples are good to eat ? 

11. I desire to go to France next summer. 

12. That was an excellent^ thing to say to him. 

13. Do you think he is worthy of being thus 
honored ? 

14. I am accustomed^ to take wine, when I am 
at home. 

15. I should be glad to see you, if you were not 
sick. 

^loyer. -excellent. ^accoutume. 



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16. I was sorry to learn of your absence, but I 
was angry because you had not let me know of it. 

17. I was astonished to hear that something 
strange had happened at your house. 

18. I am always glad to listen to him. 

19. He began to laugh, while I was telling him 
this story. 

20. He is preparing^ to be^ a lawyer now. 

21. I am persuaded of the truth of his words. 

22. He is interested in your success. 

23. He forced himself to appear interested in 
what I was saying, though he was not. 

24. She is a woman to be pitied,^ for she is sick 
all the time. 

25. I am determined to know all, before I leave 
the city. 

Sentences taken from Elementary French 
Examination Papers. 

1. The worst boy in the city was your dearest 
friend. 

2. Although we have been poor, we were always 
contented. 

3. Had you not a sister? No, I had neither 
brother nor sister, but I had a good many friends. 

4. If this man had not been ill, these children 
would have had enough bread. 

1 reflexive. ' devenir. s ^ faire pitie. 



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5. Eleven times twelve is a hundred and thiity- 
two. 

6. Will you not give me this apple ? I shall not 
give it to you ; I shall give it to him. 

7. Do not give me that! I do not like it, I pre- 
fer this. 

8. Give me some bread and meat, if you please 1 

9. Who has been in my room ? It was I, sir. 

10. Of what are you thinking? I was thinking 
of that affair of which I told you. 

11. What did you w^ant? I wanted the books 
which 1 left there yesterday. 

12. My children are much more amiable than 
hers, but his are prettier than yours. 

13. Go to bed ! Has he not gone to bed ? Get up ! 
It is time to get up now. 

14. At what time would you go to bed, if you 
lived in the city? 

15. I should* go to bed at quarter past ten, and 
get up at twenty minutes past seven. 

16. What are you going to do during the holi- 
days? 

17. If he uses every moment, he will have to have 
twelve years more, before finishing that book. 

18. Has he gone away ? Do you know what he 
means to do ? 

19. Listen to me ; I have a question to ask you. 



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20. Sit down beside me, and tell me what you 
think of it ! 

21. I shall see him as he goes from here tomor- 
row. 

:22. Which of these houses did my brother sell ? 
'23. What is your name ? My name is Arthur. 

24. I told you a long time ago I saw him walk- 
ing down the sti-eet yesterday. 

25. Could you not believe me about it, since I 
have told you so ? 

26. I have not given you any proof of it. 

27. I had a good deal to do yesterday. I got up 
at six, dressed quickly, and had my breakfast. 
Then I went back to my room, and worked all the 
morning till noon. 

28. Feeling somewhat tu-ed, I went for a walk, 
taking my little dog with me, and I met my father 
'before I had taken a dozen steps. 

29. Since when have you been getting u]) so 
nearly ? 

30. Where is the pen I gave you yesterday? 

31. I see what you are doing. 

•32. Do not speak to him or to her ! 
S3. I beg of you not to do it. 

34. He is the only man who can do it. 

35. I called her more than once, but she would 
not open the door. 

-36. I asked her if she could hear mv voice. 



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37. Yes, said she, and I was going to open the 
. door when you came in. 

38. Did you say that to him? 

39. There is the letter which I received from 
him. 

40. I shall leave tomorrow morning for England. 

41. He will give you some books, if you obey 
him. 

42. She came to me, saying : " Give me some 
red roses." 

43. Tell me what you are thinking of! I wish 
you would tell me what he means. 

44. I saw him go out two hom-s ago. It is now 
five o'clock. 

45. Sit down, please ! he will be back soon. 

46. We wish to give them some good food and 
some clothes. 

47. What you say is true, I have heard, but you 
did not profit by it. 

48. They had just passed by the house, when I 
saw them. 

49. I see that she will die, .before my brother 
returns. 

50. I should like to know what those men are 
saying to each other. 

51. If you wish, I will listen to what they say. 

52. T^^y ought to have remembered what I told 
them to do, before they left the city. 



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53. Those women have bonglit dresses for them- 
selves in Paris. 

54. There are many men who do not think he 
did it. 

55. You ought to have seen ns work. 

56. We had just finished when yon came. 

57. We used to see her often, before she went 
to France. 

bS. They must have been there often. 

59. She must have been in France, for she 
speaks French like a Parisian. 

60. Scarcely had he gone away, when his mother 
came to make him give her the books which he had 
2)romised to me. 

Gexeeal Sextexces. 
A. 

1. You would be foolish not to try it. 

2. It is not easy to forget one's enemies, though 
one ought to do it. 

3. I heard him come back about midnight. 

4. I shall explain nothing to him about it. 
although he begged me to. 

5. If he wishes to know why I left, tell him to 
come and ask me. 

6. Unless you can give me some very good rea- 
sons, I shall not believe he did it. 

7. She has alwavs done what she could for us all. 



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8. I had just spoken to John when his brother 
met me. 

9. Why do men do so much for so Httle ? 

10. I am late and I do not want to lose my 
train : I can't wait for yon. 

11. Can't you get along without smoking? No, I 
can't. 

12. That is what I told you yesterday, but you 
did not believe me. 

13. As for the others, they ought to be here now. 

14. I will take care of all that, if you will let me. 

15. Make them go away, I wish to speak to you 
about it. 

16. Tell him I am here and to come as soon as 



17. If you think I may be useful to you, call me. 

18. He does not know that I am one of his 
friends. 

19. Does he think she is telling the truth? 

20. Do you know if he is here now ? Did n't you 
know he was at my sister's ? 

21. It is doubtful if he comes, for he has been 
very sick for two days. 

22. Find some one who knows more about it 
than I do, if you wish to know. 

23. Act so that people may believe what you say. 
24.. He always acted so that he was respected by^ 

all. 



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25. I regret very much that you are going away 
:«o soon. 

26. Did you not notice that he gave her a note 
when he left ? 

27. There was something extraordinary in his 
tone when he spoke of it. 

28. What he said was sad to hear. 

29. It is not well to speak evil of one's friends. 

30. We ought to have seen you before you left. 

31. We will do it if we can, but I do not think 
it will be possible. 

32. He is older than I am, but he is not so old as 
your sister. 

33. She is older than he by six years. 

34. You must have read a great deal of French. 

35. It is not always easy to translate French 
words into English. 

36. I ought to have written them long ago, but 
now it is too late. 

37. Do not abandon me, now that I have no 
money and no friends. 

38. It was about three o'clock when it began to 
grow dark. 

39. W^ill you accompany my sister to the theatre 
tonight ? I cannot go myself. 

40. Do not take advantage of all my kindness ! 

41. It is now five o'clock, and they will arrive at 
ten minutes past. 



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42. She was twenty when she first came here. 

43. Some French boys were at the school at 
which I was. 

44. She says she is almost forty. 

45. Has n't he any of the money you lent him 
before he went away ? 

46. They say he has no friends here in the city. 
Do you know if that is true ? 

47. In the last battle of the war there were five 
thousand killed and as many wounded. 

48. Here are some beautiful yellow and white 
flowers ; give me some ! 

49. He does not seem to remember it. 

50. They said that we could not get any milk 
there, but we found that we could buy two dozen 
eggs. 

51. Give her some, before she goes! 

52. He was angry to see me give them to her. 

53. I have never sent your father there to see 
where they were. 

54. Are you not glad to see him ? 

55. Have you seen the books I received this 
morning? 

56. There are ten of them here, but I do not 
know where the rest are. 

57. Please send me the pictures you gave me,, 
before. you leave for France. 

58. He thought he saw me passing the house. 



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59. While passing the house he saw me. 

60. I heard him say it himself, so I am sure it 
was true. 

61. I am obHged to make him do it. 

62. He does nothing but talk and laugh in the 
class. 

63. The letters which I. have just received from 
my aunt brought me good news. 

64. Don't you remember what we were talking 
about last night ? 

65. I do not know how to tell you what I think 
on that matter. 

66. He has the best horses in town. 

67. Every one thinks he will be arrested. 

68. We ought to have believed him the first 
time he told us, for he spoke the truth. 

69. I should like to know whether he is sick. 
, 70. Do you know if he is sick ? 

71. Do you not know what we were talking 
about ? 

72. The house in which my mother was living 
burned last night. 

73. The lady whose handkerchief I found is 
passing in a carriage now. 

74. Can you not tell me if she seemed glad to 
-see us? 

75. We ought to be glad to see her, for she has 
been sick several davs. 



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76. There are several things to be said there- 
upon. 

77. It is not always easy to pardon our enemies. 

78. They began to tease {taquiJier) him, the mo- 
ment he entered the room. 

79. Will you not tell me what you think about it? 

80. Those ladies we met yesterday at the dry- 
■goods store are the ones my cousins know. 

81. I paid two dollars a metre for that silk. 

82. He earns more than thirty francs a day. 

83. Many people would be glad to know that. 

84. This bad king was not worthy of his crown. 

85. We ought not to have said anything to her. 

86. No master will be able to make these boys 
write their exercises correctly. 

87. You ought not to have said that. 

88. More than one person saw him do that. 

89. N'either of these pears is good to eat. 

90. You and he may go; she and I will remain 
here. 

91. Why do you not make your children keep 
still ? 

92. They think he has broken his leg. 

93. Have you not heard he was sick ? 

94. You will not have to remain here more than 
two days. 

95.* They were in the city two weeks ago, but I 
did not see them. 



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96. Do not make her do it now ! she must wait 
until tomorrow. 

97. She w^'ote me that her brother had been 
very ill in Spain, but that he was better now. 

98. If he had just seen me, he would have told 
you. 

99. If he comes, I will tell him you are waiting. 

100. They would never have known it, if you 
had not told them. 

B. 

1. They thought him sick, but he was away. 

2. My father has forbidden us all to speak to 
her, before she goes away. 

3. I was afi-aid he would, come today. 

4. It seems she was right, but I did not think so 
then. 

5. Do you imagine I like to sing such songs ? 

6. I am very sorry that you were punished for 
nothing. 

7. Would you have gone to walk, if you had 
known what we were going to do, while you were 
away? 

8. I do not know what to do ; he says he cannot 
come tomorrow. 

9. I thought I saw some one fall in the street. 

10. Saying this, she left the room. 



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11. Being sick, she could not have gone, even if 
she had wished to. 

12. I saw many things of interest while traveling 
in Europe. 

13. He wrote his sentences without knowing 
how to use the rules. 

14. I like skating very much, but I prefer swim- 
ming. 

15. Could he not have made her give me some 
of the fine pictures he bought for her, if she had 
wished ? 

16. I have known this man for many years. 

17. He is the man of whom I have spoken to 
you several times. 

18. I am glad to know that you are telling the 
truth. 

19. Where is the garden you are making? I 
want to see it. 

20. I have resolved to make him write his exer- 
cises correctly. 

21. She used to live in that old white house, 
which was burned last winter while you were here. 

22. We have always believed what he has 
told us. 

23. There Avas something extraordinary (extra- 
ordinaire) in his conduct {condicite, f.), which 
excited suspicion (soupcon, m.). 

24. I opened the door and in he came. 



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25. I hear that your sister has acquh-ed great 
riches. 

26. 1 slept several hours without waking. 

27. Every year my father sends his friends some 
potatoes from our gardens. 

28. I hate to do it, but it must be done. 

29. She will die before the doctor comes. 

30. She was dead when the doctor came. 

31. I fear he "will not be happy at home. 

32. We drank good wine in Paris, and bad in 
Madrid. 

33. Who is that old man? He is the ex-presi- 
dent of the United States. 

34. He asked me if I were well, and I answered, 
no. 

35. Do not give him anything! he is not poor, 
although he tries to make people think he is. 

36. Pears are selling at three cents apiece now. 

37. What time do you get up usually? 

38. Give me another pen ! this one does not 
write well. 

39. ]^o one saw her when she left the room. 

40. I asked him for it, and he gave it to me. 

41. Did you attend your sister's wedding {les 
n oces^ f . plu.) ? 

42. He helped me put on my sister's coat, but I 
found it too small. 



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43. I will wait for him here. I do not want to 
come in. 

44. He began to laugh while I was singing. 

45. This poor man is blind. Can you not help- 
him? 

46. He will not obey me, if I do not punish him. 

47. Those gloves are not my sister^s. They 
belong to me. 

48. I beg you to believe what I say is true. 

49. Those men are the ones who bowed to me. 

50. An American friend of mine has just re- 
turned, and I want to go and see him, as soon as I 
can. 

51. Has he broken his arm? No, it is his leg 
that is broken. 

52. He does nothing but laugh, while I am ex- 
plaining these rules. 

53. The sixteenth chapter is the most interesting 
of the book. 

54. Did you pay three hundred francs for that 
watch ? 

55. These high mountains are always covered 
with snow. 

56. It was already dark when we entered the 
forest. 

57. I do not like my pictm-es ; I am not satisfied 
with -them. 



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58. They took us around the city, so that we 
might see the sights. 

59. Have you had a good time at my house ? 

60. Farther off we saw some white horses and 
some fine cows. 

61. He speaks French and Italian fluently, and 
he reads English and Russian. 

62. From day to day the weather grew colder, 
and it rained a great deal. 

63. He who does such things cannot be a friend 
of mine. 

64. Can you tell me what street leads to Mr. X's 
house ? 

65. Have you a book which is interesting ? 

66. I do not know what you are thinking about. 

67. Will you be good enough to tell me whose 
house that is, the one there with the large gar- 
den? 

68. It belongs to a doctor, a Parisian, a friend of 
mine. 

69. Which of these three letters is the one you 
ivTote me from London ? 

70. They have been writing letters to each other 
several years. 

71. We studied French several years, but now 
we have not the time for it. 

72. No one saw her coming, so she was obliged 
to wait. 



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73. Where are the letters he wrote her a year 
ago? 

74. Is not that young man, whose name I do not 
remember now, a friend of yom- brother ? 

75. We might have remained longer, but we de- 
cided {decider^ to return home. 

REVIEW EXERCISES. 
A. 

John. — Is it true that he has gone ? 

Mary. — Yes, for Mrs. B. told me so last night. 

John. — I am very much surprised. It was only 
yesterday I saw him in town. We met on Clichy 
street, and talked together nearly twenty minutes. 
He said nothing to me of his departure.^ 

Mary. — But it was very sudden,^ they say. This 
morning his wife came to see me, and she told me 
a telegram^ came late last night, announcing* the 
death of his father in Paris. He had to leave all 
his business, desert^ his family, and start immedi- 
ately for the city. So great was his haste,^ his 
family scarcely had time to say good -by to him. 
So^ now his wife, the children and the maid will 
go into the country for the summer, to avoid the 
extreme^ heat, and will await his return there. 



depart (m.). 


2 soudain. 


» telegramr 


ne (m.), 


annoncer. 


6 deserter. 


^hdte (f.). 




tt 


" extreme. 







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B. 

Boston, May ITtli, 1904. 
My dear Mary : — I regret very much not being 
able to write you before this, but I have not had 
time. Your letter containing news of our uncle 
was most welcome, and I ought to have answered 
it immediately. But I know you understand the 
cause for my delay,^ and I trust^ you will pardon 
me this time. If you have any of the books which 
I sent you a year ago, will you send them to my 
brother who is at present in Cambridge? I am 
sure he will be glad to receive them, for the doctor 
allows him to read all that he wants. Otherwise^ 
he would be quite miserable, for he does not like 
to remain in the house. Please remember me* to 
your family, and believe me. 

Ever yours, 

John. 

C. 

That lady whose name I do not remember has 
just asked me whose house that is. I have had to 
tell her 1 do not know. They say it belongs to an 
old man who is at present traveling in the south of 
France. He must have a great deal of money, for 
it is a magnificent house. Here comes your older 

^ delai {va.) . ^ esperer. ^ autrement. 

^faire mes amities. 



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brother. Perhaps he can tell me what I want to 
know. That house of which you were just speak- 
ing does not belong to that old man, but to his 
daughter; the youngest one, I believe. He gave 
it to her when his wife died. He has no sons, but 
he has three daughters. The two older ^ ones are 
married, and have children. It is the youngest- 
w^ho lives in that house, as I have already told you. 
She must have been in France, for she speaks and 
writes French as well as English. She has a mag- 
nificent hbrary, I have been told, but there are no 
Italian books in it, for she does not like that lan- 
guage. 

D. 

He who works his best^ need not fear that he 
will fail.^ This is good advice, and if one follows 
it, he must succeed. It is the one who is lazy that 
is of no use in the world. Let us all work hard, 
then, for one must work to gain a living.^ Here is 
a man who has no money. He has to work. Here 
is a man who has plenty of money. He does not 
need to work as hard as the man who has none, it 
is true, but it is his duty not to squander^ it. If he 
€ould have seen the bad results of idleness, many a 
poor man might now be rich. A rich man should 

1 alne (adj.). 2 cadette (f.). 

3 de son mieux. * manquer. 

^ de quoi vivre. ^ gaspiller. 

LofC. 



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use his money, so that people will be glad he is 
rich, otherwise they will say he ought not to have 
any. Many of the rich men of the country are 
good examples to those who are poor, but I am 
sorry to say that there are others who are not. 

The dresses which my mother bought herself" 
last summer, when she was abroad, are not so 
pretty as my sister's, which were made in this coun- 
try, although they cost much more. Do you think 
that French dressmakers are better than American 
ones ? I do not know about it, for I have never 
traveled in Europe. My brother is traveling there 
now, and at present he ought to be in Paris. He 
is with a friend of his, a doctor, who must have 
been in Germany ten years. He speaks both 
French and German fluently. You ought to have 
met this friend of ours, when he was at our house 
twelve years ago. He is the one of whom I was 
speaking to you a few days ago. He is a fine busi- 
ness man^, and deals^ in dry-goods. I have never 
been at his house, for he has just bought a new 
one, and does not live there yet. He will occupy 
it when he returns to this country for good^ next 
summer. Plis old home is on the corner of D 
street, as you well know. 

1 homme cfaffaires. ^ (^ay sells. ^ pour de bon. 



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There are some things which we ought not to 
do. It is easy to say we ought not to do them, but 
they are hard to avoid. People make grave mis- 
takes when they think it is easy to avoid such 
things. For example, I could have made him write 
out his French lesson ten times yesterday. How- 
ever, I did not do so, because he has been sick 
some days, and therefore unable to study. In such 
a case, he ought not to be punished. On the other 
hand, if he did not know his lesson through idle- 
ness, I must make him learn it now. I ought to 
have done so long ago, but I did not have the time. 
Now it will be hard to make him study it, al- 
though the examinations^ take j)lace next Wednes- 
day. His father ought to have made him study 
last summer, for he well knew that his son was 
lazy, but I fear it is too late now. 

1 examens (m. plu.)- 



y^ 




wsM'mmsm^Mi^m>imi 



